■iiilliilli 

D03212466O 


Head  Quarters  Department  Trans-Mississippi, 

SHrtEVEPOIlT,  LA.,  JUNE  3,  1S63. 

Ceiieial  Orders,  I 
No.  15.  i 

I.  All  soldiers  escaped  fioiu  Arkansas  Post  who  have  not  report- 
ed for  duty,  will  do  so  at  once,  at  the  following-  points,  viz  :  Troops 
from  Arkansas,  at  Little  Rock,  and  from  Texas,  at  Shreveport.  Those 
Avho  do  not  comply  with  this  order  immediately,  and  whom  it  may 
become  necessary  to  arrest  for  failure  to  do  so,  will  be  treated  as  de- 
serters. 

II.  Brig.-CTen.  E.  Greer,  P.  A.  C.  S.,  is  assigned  to  duty  as 
Commandant  of  Conscripts  for  the  Dep't.  of  Trans-Mississippi,  and 
will  establish  his  Head  Quarters  at  Shreveport,  La.  Oommanilants  of 
Conscripts  for  the  several  Districts  within  the  Department  will  mak<^ 
their  reports  and  returns  to  General  Greer  and  be  under  and  subject  to 
his  orders. 

By  command  of 

Lieut. -Ge\.  E.  Kirby  S.MiTii. 
S.  S.  ANDERSON, 

Ass't.  Adj't.  Gen. 


Ci 


Head  Quarters  Department  Trans-Mississippi, 

SHREVEPORT,  LA.,  JUNE  16,  1863. 

(jleneral  Orders,  I 
No.  20.         \ 

1.  In  obedieuee  to  instructions  from  the  Secretary  of  "War,  it  is 
hereby  announced,  "that  in  future  no  substitute  for  a  soldier  in  service 
will  be  received,  unles.s  the  substitution  first  have  the  approval  of  the 
General  Commanding  the  Army  or  the  Department  to  which  the  soldier 
belongs." 

By  command  of 

Lieut. -XxEN.  E.  Kirby  Smith 

S.  S.  ANDERSON, 

Ass't.  Adj't.  Gen, 


Head  Quarters  Dept.  Trans-Mississippi, 

SHREVEPORT,  LA.,  JULY  25,  1863. 

Ciesieral  Oi-«leyi 
No.  31. 

I.  Communication  with  the  seat  of  Govenimf^nt  being  interrupted, 
all  officers  and  agents  connected  with  the  Army  on  duty  within  the 
Department  of  Trans-Mississippi  acting  under  orders  from  Richmond, 
Avill  in  future  receive  their  instructions  from  the  Department  Com- 
mander;  all  such  officers  and  agents  will  report  by  letter  to  Department 
Head  Quarters  Avithout  delay,  stating  the  nature  of  the  duty  iu  whicli 
they  are  engaged,  the  authority  under  which  they  are  acting  and  the 
t'Xtent  of  their  operations. 

II.  The  enrolment  of  Conscripts  is  solely  under  the  direction  of 
the  Conscript  Bureau,  the  officers  thereof  acting-  under  orders  from 
Department  Head  Quarters;  all  other  officers  are  therefore  forbidden  to 
enrol  Conscripts  or  recruit  fro;n  persons  within  Conscript  ages,  unless 
by  special  peranission  in  writing  from  the  Department  Commander. 

By  command  of 

Lieut.-Gbn.  E.  Kirby  Smit^  . 

S.  S.  ANDERSON, 

Ass't.  Adj't:  Gen. 


Ihiui  QiiJirlcrs  Dcpt.  Ti'aiis-Mis«'\ 

.SllRRVF.l'OUT.  [.A..  A1;GUST  2d,  im'X 

fjreiiei'al  Orders  / 
No.  34.  f 

In  cotiforiuity  with  ]*avagi{ii)li  II  (iciifral  Orders  No.  24,  en; 
rent  series  from  the  Adjutant  and  Intspix'tor  (ienoral's  Office,  Uicbmond, 
Va.,  "Officers  of  tlie  army  who  are  dropped  from  the  rolls,  cashiered 
"  by  Coiirts-Martia],  or  whose  resignations  are  accepted,  and  who  may 
"  thns  become  liahh-  to  military  duty  under  tlic  conscription  acts,  Avill. 
"  when  present  with  their  commands,  lie  at  once  enrolled  by  their  re 
"  «poctive  Brij;ade  commanders.  Wlieu  not  so  present,  their  namet 
"will  be  famished  by  their  commanding  officers  to  the  proper  enrolling 
"  officer  of  tlie  district  to  which  they  belong,  or  in  which  they  reside  : 
"provided,  that  any  officer  so  liable  to  enrolment  may  select  in  hi^ 
"former  command,  any  company  from  his  own  State  in  which  to  h( 
"  enrolled. 

All  coinuianding  officers  arc  hereby  direcfi'd  to  see  that  tliis  ordci 
is  strictly  enforced. 

liy   «-<onmand   of 

Lieut.  Gren'l  E.  Kntnv  Smith, 

S.  kS.  ANDERSON, 
Ass't.  AfJff.  Gen' I. 


licad  Qunrlrrs  Dc])!.  Traiis-Mlss. 


I. — AH  cloi-ks  ajiil  riii|»Iiiyci.'S  in  tlic  inlitjiry  >,'.'rvioo,  liabu.  i,. 
•  ipuseription  iu  the  Departmout  oi'  Trans-Mi.ssissippi,  will  be  imme- 
iliatoly  onrollod  ami,  \villii)i  twenty  days  tlioreaiU'r,  sent  to  the  camp.'i  of 
instruction  in  tlieir  respective  Districts. 

All  able  bodied  men,  except  Artiiicer.s  and  Meclianics,  who  are 
now  serving  in  the  several  Staff  Departments,  will  be  relieved  and 
r>rdi,'red  to  join  their  pro[)er  companies  and  regiments,  unless  espeeiallv 
tlet;iiled  by  the  District  Commander  upon  proof  of  necessity  of  servie**, 
— tlieir  ;.:laees  vvill  be  supplied  by  those  who  are  not  capable  of  active 
service  in  the  iield  whether  by  age,  sex,  or  physical  disabilitv. 

11. — -^il  ofiicers  and  soldiers  belonging  to  the  garrisons  of  Vicks- 
burg  and  T'ort  Hudson  previous  to  the  surrender  of  those  places,  wlu> 
may  be  wifliin  the  Department  of  T rans-]Missis.-~ippi  either  by  furlough 
or  otherwise,  Avill  report,  by  the  fifteenth  day  of  September  next  or"ai; 
the  (expiration  of  their  furlough,  at  one  of  the  following  named  places, 
viz: — those  from  Arkans;is,  at  the  camp  of  Instruction  at  Washington, 
Ark., — from  Missouri,  at  Little  Rock,  Ark, — from  Louisiana,  at  the 
camp  of  instruction,  near  Shreveport,  La., — from  Texas,  at  the  places 
(iirccted  by  Major  Genl.  Magruder.  The  Quarter  Master's  Depart- 
ment will  furnish  necessary  transportation  to  officers  and  men  reporting 
in  compliance  with  this  order. 

By  command  of 

Lieut.  Gen'l  E.  Kirby  Smith, 

S.  S.  ANDEESON, 

Ass't.  Adff.  Gen'L 


Head  Quart(?rs  Department  Trans-Mississippi, 

siipvP:vepoht,  la.,  aug.  2g,  isgs. 

General  Orders, 
JVo.  38. 

In  accordance  with  tho  Proclamntion  of  tim  Presidont,  a  general 
pardon  and  amnesty  is  liereby  granted  to  nil  officers  and  holdiers  now- 
absent  without  leave  in  the  Di'tiaitiaent  of  Trans-llississippi  who  will 
return  to  duty  by  the  30th  day  of  September,  proximo. 

Officers  and  enlisted  men  in  tho  L)epartm«  nt  of  Trans-^ri,~si.ssippi 
whose  commands  are  east  of  the  Mississippi  lliver,  will  unoer  this 
amnesty  report  as  follows,  viz:  Those  from  Arkansas  at  the  Camp  of 
Instruction,  at  "Washington  and  District  Ueadquarters;  from  Texas, 
at  Bonham  and  Houston;  from  Louisiana,  at  Shreveporf  and  District 
Headnuarlers;  and  a\  ill  be  permitted  to  attach  themselves  temporarily 
to  any  regiment  of  their  own  corps  now  serving  in  this  Department. 

This  amnesty  and  pardon  shall  also    extend  to    till  Avho    have  been 
convicted  and  are    undergoing  sentence  for    absence  without    leave,  ©r 
desertion,  excepting  only  those  who  havu  been  twice  convicted  thereof. 
By  command"  of 

Lieut. -Ge.v.  E.  Kirby  Smith 
S.  S.  ANDERSON, 

A;iS't.  Adj't.  Go^. 


Ilctid  Quarters  Bq)t  Trans-Mississippi, 

SlIREVEPORT,  LA.,  AUG.  31,  1SG3. 

treneral  Orders,  ? 
No.  40.         S 

General  orders  No.  36  current  series  from  Dc^partmont  Hep  J  Quar- 
ters is  intended  to  embrace  ail  ollleers  and  enlisted  men  in  this  De- 
partment Avho  •were  paroled  at  Vicksburg  and  Port  Hudson,  and  is 
liereby  extended  to  <'mbrace  all  officers  and  enlisted  men  on  parole  as 
prisoners  of  war  within  the  Department  of  the  Trans-i^fississipi^i. 
By  command  of 

Lieut. -Gen.  E.  Kirby  Smith. 
S.  S.  ANDEilSON, 

Ass't.  Adj't.  Gen. 


Head  Qiiiirteis  Dcpt.  Tiaiis4 

SnRKVKPOKT,  LA.,  SEPT.  7th,  ]!: 

ti«»M<TaS  Orders  I 
l^o.  43.  J 

I.  All  officers  bolonginj^  to  th*;  garrisons  of  Vicksbiirg  and  I 
llndsoii,  at  tht»  time  of  tbt'ir  surrHnclur,  who  may  be  within  tlie  Dcji 
mciit  of  Tr;U)s-Missi.->sippi,   will  proceed   at  once   to   rc-firganize  i 
counnands  from    snch  nion    belonging    thereto,  a.s  may   be  within 
limits  of  .the  Department,  reporting  to  the  District  Coniraau^ers. 

II.  The  privilege  granted  in  General  Oiders  No.  38  current  sei 
from  Department  Headquarters,  allowing  officers  and  men  report', 
under  that  order,  "to  attach  themselves  temporarily  to  .luy  regimen! 
their  own  corps  now  serving  in  this  Department,"  is  extended  to  c 
brace  all  troops  .absent  from  their  colors  east  of  the  Mississippi  vvl. 
commands  have  not  been  orden  d  to  re-organize  within  this  Dej 
nient.  ^ 

By  command  of 

Lieut.  Gen'l  E.  Kikby  tSftUTii, 

S.-S.  AN  DEE  SON, 

Ass't.   Arii"     ',' 


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Head  Qnarlcrs  \k\)l  Trans-MississipiH, 

SIIKEVliPOia'.  LA  ,  hEPT,  KJth,  18r>::. 

^^vncral  Orders*  ( 
No.  44.  \ 

AH  pa^>crs  nMiuinui  l)y  iho  Uegulatious  of  tlut  Hrmy  to  be  sent  to 
nbiefs  of  DHpartiiionts  at  Richmond,  will  in  futui(>  bo  sent  Lo  tho 
tJhitifs  of  liuie«}Uix  of  tho  rospectivo  DHpartiiifHifa  at  theso  U.-ntl- 
•jjU-artera. 

By  c-'unnuind  of 

Liout.  Cr«n.  E.  Kirby  Smith, 
S.  S.  ANDERSON. 

Aas't  Adj't  Geu. 


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Head-quarters  IDept,  Trans-]M^iss. 
Shreveport,  La.,  Sept.  17th,  1863. 
GENERAL  ORDERS) 

No.  46,  5 

I.  At  a  General  Court  Martial  convened  at  Shreveport,  La ,  by  Par.  II,  Sf 
cial  Order  No.  128,  current  series  from  these  Head  Quarters,  whereof  Lt.-Cjj 
Aristide  Gerard,  13th  Regiment  La.  Volunteers,  is  President,  was  arraigij 
and  tried, 

Private  /.  H.  Eostham,  Furman's  Co.,  2nd  Regt.  La.  Cavalry,. 
Charge  1st — Disobedience  of  Hrders  9th  art.  of  war. 
Specrfication — In  this  that  private  /.  H.  Eastham,  of  Furman's  Co. 
Regiment  La.  Cavalry,  on  or  about  the  12th  day  of  August  A.  D.  1863,  havi] 
been  detailed  for  duty  as  a  tinner  in  the  tinshop  attached  to  the  C.  S.  Labratol 
and  being  ordered  by  Geo  Howard  King,  1st  Lieut.  Artillery  and  Ordnance! 
A.  C.  S.  the  commanding  oflicer  of  said  Labratory,  through  T.  A.  Woods,  Suptl 
intendent  of  the  same,  to  repair  forthwith  to  the  tin  shop  (from  which  he  the  sal 
Private  J.  H.  Eastham  wasal)sent  without  leave)  and  return  to  his  work,  r<j 
fused  so  to  do,  making  use  of  violent  and  abusive  language,  thereby  disobeyinj 
the  lawful  commands  of  his  superior  and  commandiog  officer,  the  said  Lieu' 
Geo.  Howard  King,  all  this  in  the  city  of  Shreveport,  La. 

Charge  2nd — Conduct  to  the  prejudice  of  good  order  and    military   disciplin 
99th  Art  of  war.  »» 

Specification  \st — In  this,  ^hat  he,  the  said  private  J.  H.  Eastham,  of  Furman' 
company,  2nd  La.  cavall-y,  on  or  about  the  11th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1863,  die 
in  a  barber  shop,  on  Market  street,  accost  the  said  Lieut,  King,  inquiring  if  he 
had  issued  a  certain  order  to  be  executed  b}'  the  detailed  and  hired  men  employ 
edin  theC.  S.  Labratory,  and  upon  being  told  that  such  an  order  had  been  is- 
sued, did  reply  that  he  the  said  Lieut.  King,  had  no  authority  under  the  regula- 
tions to  issue  such  orders,  and  he  began  to  read  a  certain  paragraph  of  the  army 
regulations,  which  he  had  copied,  and  would  not  refrain  from  discussion  of  the 
matter  until  ordered  to  do  so  the  second  time,  and  then,  with  reluctance  and  ill 
humor,  thereby  rendering  himself  guilty  of  conduct  entirely  subversive  of  good 
order  and  military  discipline,  all  this  in  the  city  of  Shreveport,  La. 

SpeciJicatio7i2nd — In  this,  that  he,  the  said  private  J.  H.  Eastham,  of  Furman's 
company,  2nd  La.  cavalry,  on  or  about  the  12th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1863,  be- 
ing ordered  by  Geo.  Howard  King,  1st.  Lieut  Artillery  and  Ordnance  as  afore- 
said through  T.  A.  Woods,  Superintendent  as  aforesaid,  to  return  to  his  work  at 
the  tin  shop,  appertaining  to  the  C.  S.  Labratory  refused  to  do  so,  defying  any 
man,  officer  or  private,  to  force  him  so  to  do,  and  did  not  comply  with  said  order, 
and  publicly  in  the  said  Laboratory  in  a  loud  and  audible  voice  did  incite  his  com- 
rades, the  other  men  detailed  from  the  armies  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  the 
hired  men  employed  in  the  C.  S.  Labratory  to  resist  the  order  given  them  to 
work  eleven  hours  a  day,  thereby  being  guilty  of  mutinous  conduct,  all  this  in 
the  city  of  Shreveport,  La. 

Specification  3rd — In  this,  that  he,  the  said  Private  J.    H.  Eastham  being  or- 
dered on  or  about  the  12th  day  of  August,  A.  D.  1863,  by  Geo.  Howard  King,  1st- 
Lieut.  Artillery  and  Ordnance  commanding  Laboratory  as   aforesaid,  through 
T.  A.  Woods,  Superintendent  as  aforesaid,  to  return  forthwith  to  the  tin  shop 


appertaining  to  the  C.  S.  Labratory  and  resume  his  work,  refused  so  to  do,  and 
grossly  insulted  the  said  T.  A.  Woods  by  vile  and  abusive  language  and  threats, 
and  actually  drew  a  knife  with  the  evident  intentions  of  striking  the  said  T.  A. 
Woods  with  the  same;  thereby  being  guilty  of  mutinous  conduct.  All  this  in  the 
'.ity  of  Shreveport,  La. 

FIISTDINQS: 

Of  the  specification  to  the  1st  charge.  -  -  Not  guilty. 

Of  the  first  charge.  -  -  -        Not  guilty. 

Of  the  1st  specification  to  the  2d  charge.  -         -  Not  guilty. 

Of  the  2d  specification  to  the  2d  charge.         -  -  Not  guilty. 

Of  the  3d  specification  to  the  2d   charge.  -  -     Not  guilty. 

Of  the  2d  charge.  -  -  -  Not  guilty. 

\nd  the  Court  do  therefore  acquit  Private  J.  H.  Eastham,  Furman's  Co.,  2d 
giment  La.  Cavalry. 

II.  The  proceedings  in  this  case  are  disapproved.  The  court  err  in  the  opin- 
1  regarding  the  legality  of  orders  issued  through  an  appointed  and  recognized 
,ent.  Even  though  that  agent  have  no  military  rank;  the  superintendent  of 
.e  Labratory,  appointed  by  the  chief  of  the  Department,  and  placed  in  charge 
f  the  workmen  and  detailed  men,  while  he  may  originate  no  orders,  publishes, 
ind  sees  that  the  orders  of  the  common  Military  Chief  are  enforced.  Captain 
ving's  order,  issued  through  Mr.   Wood,  the  recognized  superintendent  of  the 

abratory,  was  binding ;  in  the  3d  specification  of  the  2d  charge,  the  prisoner 

■  clearly  proved  to  have  disobeyed  that  order.     The  conduct  of  Capt.  King  in 

ne  character  of  the  punishment  iu^c Led  upon  Private  Eastham  is  reprehensible; 

it  is  by  the  illegal  and  arbitrary  eytrT^jg  of  power  that  the  military  authority 

-gets  into  disrepute,  and  the  Commander  forfeits  the  love  of  his  men  and  loses 

the  support  of  the  public.     Private  Eastham  will  be  released  from  arrest,  and 

will  rejoin  his  company. 

III.  The  General  Court  Martial  of  which  Lieut.  Colonel  Gerard  is  president, 
is  dissolved.  By  command  of 

Lieut.   General  E.  KIRBY  SMITH. 
S.  S.  Anderson,  Ass't  Adj't  General. 


Head  Quarters  Dept.  Trans-JSd^iss. ) 
Shreveport,  La.,  28th  Oct.,  1863.  ; 

GENERAL  ORDERS) 

No.  49,  > 

Quartermasters,  assistant  Quartermasters  and  their  agents 
serving  in  the  Department  of  Trans-Mississippi,  are  prohibited 
from  furnishing  transportation  by  stage,  to  Officers  or  enlisted 
men.  "»     * 

Enlisted  men  entitled  to  transportation  will  be  forxA^arded 
with  Government  trains  leaving  Depots  and  Stations. 
By  command  of 

Lieut.-Gcn.  E.  Kirby  Smith. 

S.  S.  ANDERSON, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General. 


Head  Quarters  Dept.  Trans-Miss. ) 
Shreveport,  La.,  Nov.  3d,  1863.  ) 

GENERAL  ORDERS) 

No.  50.  ) 

Paragraph  VIII  Special  Orders  No.  175,   current  series, 
Irom  Department  Head  Quarters  is  hereby  revoked. 

Post  Commissaries  in  this  Department,  will  when  their 
supplies  admit  of  it,  sell  to  the  families  of  Officers  and  Sol- 
diers residing  at  their  posts  a  limited  amount  of  Commissa- 
ry stores.  The  certificate  heretofore  furnished  will  be  used 
in  all  cases  made  under  this  order.  The  prices  charged  will 
be  the  actual  cost  of  the  articles  .sold,  transportation  included. 
By  command  of 

Lieut.-Gen.  E.  Kirbv  Smith. 

S.  S.  ANDERSON, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General- 


Head  Quarters  Dept.  Trans-Miss.  ) 
Shreveport,  La.,  Nov.  12th,  1863.  S 

GENERAL  ORDERS) 

No.  53.  \ 

In  accordance  with  instructions  i'rom  the  Secretary  of 
War,  an  auxilary  branch  of  the  "Army  Intellij^ence  Oflice"' 
subsidiary  to  that  in  the  city  of  Richmond  is  hereby  established 
for  the  Department  Trans-Mississippi,  at  Shreveport,  Louisiana, 
under  the  superintendance  of  Mr.  I{.  S.  Thomas.  Its  object  be- 
ing to  inform  the  friends  and  relatives  of  sick  and  wounded 
soldiers,  of  their  whereabouts  and  condition:  to  facilitate  com- 
munication with  the  army:  and  to  secure  a  correct  list  of  the 
deaths  which  have  occurred,  or  may  hereafter  occur  among- 
our  troops  whether  within  our  lines  or  those  of  the  enemy. 

To  the  accomplishment  of  these  ends,  all  Surgeons  will 
furnish  to  the  Intelligence  Office  through  the  proper  channels, 
and  with  the  least  possible  delay,  a  list  of  the  sick  and  wounded 
now  in  Hospital,  and  a  list  of  the  deaths  among  those  who  may 
have  been  under  their  charge — giving  the  name,  rank,  Com- 
pany and  Regiment, — whether  the  death  was  caused  by  sick- 
ness or  wounds.  In  the  case  of  a  death  in  hospital,  the  date 
of  the  admission  of  the  deceased  should  be  given.  Hereafter, 
weekly  reports,  embracing  the  above  specified  particulars  must 
be  forwarded  promptly  to  the  Intelligence  Office,  through  the 
proper  channels. 

Immediately  after  an  engagement.  Commanding  Officers 
are  required  to  forward  direct  to  the  Intelligence  Office,  with- 
out waiting  until  their  Official  Reports  can  be  made,  a  list  of 
the  casualties  in  their  Command;  giving  in  addition  to  the 
name,  the  rank,  Company  and  Regiment,  and  the  nature  of  the 
wound. 

Upon  application  by  Mr.  Thomas,  accompanied  by  Sur- 
geon's certificate  of  disability  for  field  service,  the  requisite 
number  of  men  will  be  detailed  for  clerks  in  the  Army  Intelli- 
gence office. 

The  Quartermaster's  and  Subsistence  Departmenfs  will 
furnish  to  Mr.  Thomas,  upon  his  requisition,  such  supplies  as 
may  be  necessary. 

By  command  of 

Lieut.-Gcn.  E.  Kirhy  Smith. 
S.  S.  ANDERSON, 

Assistant  Adjutant.General. 


Head  Quarters  Dept.  Trans-Miss. ) 
Shreveport,  La.,  Nov.  13th,  1863.  ) 

GENERAL  ORDERS ) 

No.  54.  I 

I.  All  officers  in  the  Department  of  Trans-Mississippi  whose 
commands  are  east  of  the  Mississippi  river,  unless  on  duty  un- 
der orders  from  Department  or  District  Head-Quarters,  will 
join  their  respective  commands  forthwith. 

II.  District  Commanders  will  in  their  respective  districts 
relieve  all  Officers  belonging  to  commands  east  of  the  Missis- 
sippi, whose  services  can  possibly  be  dispensed  with,  and  order 
them  to  join  their  proper  commands  without  delay,  reporting 
their  names  to  these  Head-Quarters,  and  also  the  names  of 
those  retained,  together  with  the  nature  of  the  services  in  which 
they  are  engaged. 

By  command  of 

Lieut.-Gen.  E.  Kirby  Smith. 
S.  S.  ANDERSON, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General. 


Head  Quarters  Dept.  Trans-Miss. ) 

Shreveport,  La.,  Nov.  14th,  1863.  ) 

GENERAL  ORDERS) 
No.  55.  ) 

General  Orders  No.  12,  current  scries,  from  Department 

Head  Quarters,  is  modified  to  read  as  follows, — Applicants  for 

appointment  in    the    Medical  Staff  of  the  Army,  »who  have 

passed  their  examination  and  been  assigned  to  duty,  will  be 

paid  upon  the  certificates  of  the  Medical  Directors  to  the  facts, 

and  that  the  services  have  been  rendered. 

By  command  of 

Lieut.-Gen.  E.  Kirby  Smith. 

S.  S.  ANDERSON, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General. 


Head  Quarters  Trans-Miss.  IDept. ) 
Shreveport,  La.,  Nov.  18th,  1863.  ) 

GENERAL  ORDERS) 

No.  57.  \ 

I.  The  great  abuse  of  authority  by  Officers,  in  impress- 
ing wagons,  teams,  &c.,  belonging  to  persons  changing  their 
homes,  and  the  annoyance  arising  therefrom,  demands  the  most 
stringent  orders  on  the  subject  ai^d  their  rigid  enforcement. 

Hereafter  refugees  with  their  property  must  not  be  inter- 
fered with  or  molested,  in  any  manner  whatever,  until  they 
have  acquired  a  home. 

Any  violation  of  this  order  by  an  Officer  or  Agent  of  the 
Government,  will  subject  the  offender  to  arraignment  before, 
and  trial  by,  a  General  Court  Martial. 

II.  Captain  P.  H.  Thomson,  Assistant  Adjutant  General, 
is  hereby  assigned  to  duty  at  Department  Head  Quarters. 

By  command  of 

Lieut.-Gen.  E.  Kirby  Smith. 
S.  S.  ANDERSON, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General, 


Head  Quarters  Trans-Miss.  Dept. ) 
Shreveport,  La.,  Nov.  27th,  1863.  ) 

GENERAL  ORDERS) 

No.  58.  > 

I.  Frequent  instances  having  been  brought  to  the  knowl- 
edge of  the  Commanding  General,  of  Leaves  of  Absence  and 
Furloughs  being  granted"  by  Subordinate  Commanders, — Here- 
after no  orders  will  be  recognized  separating  an  Officer  or 
Soldier  from  his  Command,  except  in  cases  of  sick  soldiers  in 
General  Hospitals,  unless  issued  from  Department  or  District 
Head  Quarters,  or  with  the  sanction  of  District  Commanders. 

Officers  and  Soldiers  absent  from  their  commands,  whose 
orders  do  not  b.-ar  the  approval  required  by  this  order,  will  be 
arrested  and  sent  to  their  commands^  and  the  papers  relating 
to  their  cases  forwarded  to  these  Head  Quarters.  A  rigid 
scrutiny  will  be  made  in  all  cases,  and  the  Officer  who  may 
issue  such  irregular  orders  will  subject  himself  to  arrest  and 
trial. 

11,  Hereafter  no  transportation  or  commutation  thereof 
will  be  allowed  to  sick  soldiers  going  on  furlough,  unless  on 
the  approval  of  the  Chief  Medical  Officers  of  the  Field  or 
Hospital  Service,  attached  to  the  Staff  of  District  Commanders. 

Ill  Captain  C.  S.  West,  Assistant  Adjutant  General,  is  re- 
lieved from  duty  as  Assistant  Inspector  General,  and  announced 
as  Acting  Judge  Advocate  General  for  the  Trans-Mississippi 
Department. 

By  command  of 

Lieut.-Gen.  E.  Kirby  Smith. 
S.  S.  ANDERSON, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General. 


Head  Quarters  Trans-Mississippi  Department, 

•    SHREVEPORT,  LA.,  NOV.-  28th,  1863. 

(lieoei'al  (Orders, 
JVo.  59. 

The  foUowing  notice  relating;;  to  Paroled  Prisoners  is  published  for  the. 
information  and  guidance  of  all  concerned  : 

CONFEDERATE  STATES  OF  AMERICA,  » 
War  Dep't,  Richmond,  Va.,  Oct.  loth,  1S63.  j 

"     LT.  COL.  N.  G.  WATTS,.  Mobile,  Ala. 

"  Sir: — All  the  prisoners  taken  at  Port  Hudson,  and   those  paroled. 
"  by  Gen.  Banks,  are  free  to  go  to  duty.     Neither  our  Government  nor 
"  the  Federals  recognize  the  Parole.         ***** 
Resp'y.  your  ob't.  serv't., 
(Signed)  ROBERT  OULD, 

Agent  of  Exchange. 

In  accordance   with  the  above,  all  oflScers  and    enlisted    men  in  the 
Trans-Mississippi  Department    embraced  in  the  foregoing  notice,  will 
report  immediately  for  duty. 
By  Command  of 

Lieut.  Gen.  E.  Kirby  Smith, 

S.  S.  ANDERSON, 
Ass't.  Adj't.  Gen. 


Head  Quarters  Trans-Miss.  Dept. ) 
Shreveport,  La.,  Dec.  3d,  1863.  ) 

GENERAL  ORDERS) 

No.  60.  5 

I.  On  the  first  day  of  each  month,  Officers  of  the  Subsistence 
Department  will  make  a  list  of  prices  of  the  stores  on  hand, 
which  will  be  the  ruling  prices  for  the  month  for  sales  and  for 
invoices.  The  basis  for  these  prices  must  be  the  average  first 
cost  of  the  articles  respectively. 

If  the  articles  received  are  of  the  tax  in  kind,  their  value  will 
be  in  accordance  with  the  schedule  of  prices  as  arranged  by 
the  Board  of  Commissioners  for  the  State,  appointed  pursuant 
to  the  Impressment  Act,  pifblished  in  General  Orders  No.  37, 
Adjutant  &  Inspector  General's  Office,  Richmond,  Va.,  April  6, 
1863. 

II.  For  service  with  troops  in  the  field,  herders  for  beef  cat- 
tle, when  required,  will  be  obtained  by  details  from  the  cavalry 
force  serving  with  the  troops. 

At  depots,  herders  (non-conscripts)  will  be  hired,  and  suitable 
horses  or  mules  and  equipments  for  them  obtained  by  transfer 
from  the  Quartermaster's  Department,  when  practicable. — 
For  this  purpose,  the  Officer  of  the  Subsistence  Department  in 
charge  of  the  depot  shall  make  requisition  on  the  local  Officer 
of  the  Quartermaster's  Department  having  charge  of  the 
kinds  of  property  required,  and,  upon  certificate  of  the  latter 
that  it  is  not  practicable  to  furnish  them,  the  Officfer  of  the 
Subsistence  Department  is  authorized  to  purchase.  The  requi- 
sition so  certified  shall  be  attached  to  the  account  for  the  ex- 
penditures, as  part  of  the  voucher  therefor. 

'  III.  The  ration  of  fresh  beef  is  one  pound  and  a  quarter  for 
the  Trans-Mississippi  Department. 

The  redtiction  of  the  ration  of  sugar  to  six  pounds  per  hun- 
dred rations  will  go  into  effect  on  the  first  day  of  January,  1864. 

By  command  of 

Lieut.-Gen.  E.  Kirby  Smith. 

S.  S.  ANDERSON, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General. 


Head  Quarters  Trans-Miss.  IDept. ) 
Shreveport,  La.,  Dec.  10th,  1863.         ) 
GENERAL  ORDERS  > 

No.  6L  5  * 

I.  Major  George  Wi|iLrAMS0N,  A.  A.  G-,  is  relieved  as  Assist- 
ant  Inspector  General,  and  assigned  to  duty  in  the  Office  of  the 
Adjutant  General,  Department  Headquarters. 

II.  Major  Jko.  A.  Buckner,  A.  A.  G.,  is  assigned  to  duty  in 
the  Inspector  General's  Department,  and  will  report  to  CoK 
Ben  Allston,  Inspector  General 

By  command  of 

Lieut.-Gen.  E.  Kirbt  Smith. 
S.  S.  ANDERSON, 

Assistant  Adjutant  General. 


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